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Abilene Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - June 4, 1935, Abilene, Texas
t!Ti)e ^Mene Bail? jl^cporter“WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES, WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES’ —Byron
(Evenlnij Edition of The Abilene Morning News) NUMBER 194
VOL. LIV. Full Leased Wires of Associated Press United Press (UP) ABILENE. TEXAS. TUESDAY. JUNE 4, 1935— TWELVE PAGES
CHIEFS AGREE ON LIMITED NRA
Cash Bonus Forces Abandon
Weyerhaeuser Boy Waves to Crowd
George Hunt Weyerhaeuser had a cheery smile and a wave for the crowds who flocked to his home Saturday after his release by kidnapers who were paid §200,000 lanscm. The child, scion of the wealthy Tacoma lumber family, said he had not been injured. He gave a detailed account of his experiences to repcrtcrs. Federal agents, meanwhile are combing the Pacific northwest for kidnapers, led by one who called him.self “Egotist.”
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Witness Says Irvin A greedToTakeNo More Bootleg Cash
Sudden Flood In Valley In Mexico Costs 350 Lives
Proposed Emergency Action Will Restrict Recovery Program to Interstate Business
WASHINGTON, June 4.— (AP)—President Roosevelt and his cabinet agreed today to
LUBBOCK, June 4 —4)P)—Sheriff Hood, assistant district attorney ask- -Len Irvin of Lamb county, while a ed. “I guess it was because he was
I naHorc Will TaWp Pam- candidate in 1932, promised not to running for sheriff."
LedUCi 5 fflll I dKC UdIII bootleg money." Hall then said Irvin assured him
nainn tn thn Ppnnlp* comer Hall of near Littlefield testl- he would “make a sheriff Lamb
pdiyil lU lilt; rcuyic, ^ united States district court county would be proud of and
Pnmnrnmi^P Prnno^al "would not take any more bootleg
uompromise rropubdl T^.e,^ty_six persons, including the money.'
nppmpH llnwiqp 46-year-old sheriff, his son. Drlscol, On cross cxammation by George restoration of
ueemea unwis,« j Ouprer an attmn^
raven, are on trial charged with con- sheriff. Hail testified he had voted WASHINGTON, June 4.— sotracy to violate liquor tax laws, for Irvin in that election.
(AP)—Bonus forces in con- Those three men and nine others "You, a citizen of Lamb county, met in extraordinary
Throngs of Worshippers Are* Trapped as Water Sweeps Down Mountainside
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MEXICO. D. p.. June 4.—More than 350 person.^ were officially estimated today to have peri.shed in tlcod.s which .swept down upon the fertile valley of Mexico, trapping a throng of worshippers at their pray-
submit an emergency legisla- ers in the church at San Pedro
tive program
to congress NRA on a
for
re-
"You, a citizen of Lamb county, met in extraordinary session
oTMs decided todav to aban- pleaded not guilty. . for him after he had admttt^ for more than an hour and a
gre«s aecio^ea toaay lo aoan f y^^ \x>oileg money?
don their battle for cash pay- bearing th.t Hall had >*ld the Dupree asked, ' Yee Hall replied ,.
ment at this session of con- ,;beriff had received a “lake-oif". You relied oij his promise not At was a^iaea mat mr.
gress and to concentrate on a had told him “if i didn i keep my ^ take any more ^tieg money?" Roosevelt will propose action
ramnaic-n with the neonle for mouth shut he would whip me." Hood later asked. The witness ans- to congress probably imme-
campaign wun me peupie lui havinir hem defeated for wcred affirmalively.
enactment of the Patman in- opposed his sue- c. E. Luce, police recorder, of :^ “riece-iMeal" Plan
flationary bill next session. i ces.sor for reelectlon. In that cam- Lubbock testified that Sheriff Irvin
Strategy
That will put the contest just before the presidential election. Some bonus supporters believe that would be good strategy.
A joint conference between house and .senate leaders of the Patman bill forces agreed almost unanimou.s-ly that President Roosevelt’s apposition would require "too serious a sacrifice" to make a compromise possible at this session.
Senator Thomas 'D-Okla*. who pre.<<ided, announced that “we decided to refer the question of the Patman bill back to the people and start a campaign for adoption of the bill at the next session."
paign. Hall .said Irvin apologized. ---------
“Why did he apologize?" Clyde G. bee LIQUOR t AbE.
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Most of the victims were members of the group gathered in the church ye.stcrday to celebrate the festival of Sen Pedro’: Pafron Saint, Only 1'he president and C abinct sever persons escaped from the
church
The neighboring communities of XiX-hlniilco. 12 miles from here; Milpa Alta. San Oregmto and San Pablo al.so suffered numerous casu-
Torrentlal rains, starting al 2:30 p m yesterday, sent mountain streams roaring out of their ooutses into the village» below Within two hours road.s were Impassable and fields became vast, .surging lakes Worshippers Trapped Those who escaped from the San luncheon ui the press club.; P^Hro ^hurch ^lo the swiftly rWng
meanwhile. General Hugh 8. John- wat«T worship-
son. former NRA chief, said no con- i ture and poured in on the worship
.stitutlonal amendment wa.» neces- l^rs the> were aware
Tot Is Killed By Fast Tram
bpecial to Reporter.
SWEETW ATER. June 4.—Wanda Nell, the 20-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mr». Frank Wilson who live near Eskota, waa killed instantly last night when she toddled into the path of the speeding Sunshine Special of the Texas A Pacific railroad.
The child’s body was found 200 yards lYom the crossing where she was struck. Her doll waa found at the crossing.
The train crew reported they did not see the child.
The NRA legl.slative program was described to new.smcn as likely to be a "plece-meal proposition Dc-talh were withheld.
At a
Bouisson Is Ousted.
Eight Others Are III At Lodged I n Orange Jail Austin College After Drinking Fluid ;
To Await Trial In Death of Chief
-*ary to protect NRA principles.
He criticized Senator Borah «R-Ida). and Donald R Rirhbcrg, present NRA leader, and called upon •‘ordinary American cooperation and common sense ' to save the blue eagle
When word of the president's cabinet session reached the capltol, i where variou.s legi.slators wme ar-
threat to their lives. lAter the building collapsed, bury-
MME. LEBRUN SEES SIGHTS
French First Lady No. 1 Passenger on Normandie
BULLETIN PARIS, June 4 «/Pf—The new
_____ ... ... ^ government of France was over-
Ing the dead and dying beneath its | thrown today by a chamber ot dep-debris. - ulties vote of 254 to 252
Villagers Interfered with the ef- ; —_
forts of federal troops to extricate PARIS. June 4,—»/P»—The cham-
bodies from ber of deputies, which for nine yeara
tn «tiark the soidler.s because they ,. , ,
lilieved the di.mster to be an act he ruled as it.<= pre.Yident. today gave M Hr.vrn, , Pern.nd Bouteon. Fr.nc«'. u.w
Earlier in the day authorities had i premier, a rousing vote of ^onfl-
ranglng for a talk with Mr Roose- halted the aerv- ;dence in ai),swer to his demand for
v.lt l.ter in thi- d.y, 11 wm print. Th. | . vJrtuiUly Ir« hwW In with
SHERMAN. June 4 —i/P*—Two Austin college .student , died today a.s a result of drinking wood alcohol. and eight others were til. though not seriously.
ORANGE. June 4 p.- The Rev^
Edgar Eskridge, militant Baptist minister accused of slaying Police Chief Ed J O’Reilly. Uxiay waived extradition at a hearing in De Rld-dfr. La., and was brought back here Durwood Newman. 19, of Athens, ^ trial.
died In convulsion.s early this mom- preacher, held at De Bidder
Ing, and James Garrett. 20, also of hl.s arrest lieveral hours after
Athens, died shortly after noon. the slaying here last week, acknow-
__E, B Tucker, president of the col- i ledged the validity of his extradi-
NEW YORK June 4.—<*P^- The said several of the boys ad- tion from Ix)ui.siana when the hear-
record-breaking liner Normandie rested in the Hudson’s oily .swell today amid preparaUons foi- a return trip while her No. 1 pa;,senger. Prance’.s petite first lady, got acquainted with America.
Tlie sights on a first trip to the United States occupied chic- dark-haired Mme. Albert Lebrun, wife of the president of Prance.
"A fairy city,” Mine, Lebrun said
mltbad that, as a college prank, ing opened.
they broke into the chemistry build- j Orange county officers left Imme-Ing Sunday night, and took a ' dlately with their prisoner. District quantity of the alcohol. They Attorney Hollis Klnard. a member thought it regular alcohol, they said, i of the preacher’s congregation said
and drank it. Tucker said the fluid was wood alcohol.
Newman and Garrett were ill yesterday, and several of the others did not feel well. But they said their condition wa. due to -some-
Physiclaip. called thi: morning
when Newman and Garrett went into convuliiions, declared they could
of New York before leaving today thing they had eaten for an official visit to Washington
She w'ill return here tomorrow evening and will board the Normandie lor the return voyage Piiday.
Lake many another sightseer, Mme Lebrun not long after her arrival ye.sterday in Manhattan—w a., whisked to the 102nd floor of the Empire State building where Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, in checked
he would fight any plea for a change of venue, which the minister Is threatening to lodge with the court on hl.s claim that he cannot get a fair trial at the scene of the slaying Klnard previously had said the caoe might be called for trial on June 17 or 24 The pastor agreed earlt today to surrender to Orange officer* wlth-
strict the NRA principles of inln Imum houirs and maximum wages * and fair trade practice: to strictly I interstate commerce bu»ine.s.s I
One po.vslblllty was that congre.s.s | w'ould be asked to define "interstate ; buslne.s.» ” !
The plan.*, were to be made public | al a si>eclal pre.ss conrerence late In the day
Inalcatlon.s were that the Immediate legislation w'ould not neces.'.ar* , ily be considered final; but that Mr. Roascvelt would possibly seek a broad-nlng of constitutional powers by the people to .support the New Deal economic and .social plans.
As the White House conferences
See NRA. Page 11. 1 ol. 4
Ports ol Entrv On Sooner Border
OKLAHOMA CITY. June 4 — 4’ —‘‘Ports of entry" studded Oklahomas border today, at 2.5 point.*»
flor^.s were retribution for this en- vote was 390 to 192 in lit* favor terference with their worship. Premier Fernand Bouivson pledged
Tlie known vtctlms tn Mllim Alt* “brutal and deci.suT' action against numbered 21 and In Xochtmilco 22 i those w ho “attack our gold” in a
It was believed the dead in San ten-ininute ministerial declaration
Gregorio. San Pablo and Ostotepec today.
Making hi:, first appearance aa premier before the chamber of deputies. which he ruled aa president for nine year.n. Bouisson asked the full powers already promised i him so that the government could ! “safeguard the franc from any assault."
Tliese “board but limited and temporary powers," he said, “enable ua immediately to crusli speculation.'* “It took only a few days for speculators to make their assault, attack our gold vainly, and to try to ,. alarm Investors and demoralize ROME. June 4 — <4’i—Italy neia a government's reply
new grievance against ^ " will be brutal and decisive."
day-en official charge that ^hio-
pian.s attacked Italian I perative because "the country
on the Eritrean border last Friaav, | jjy ^,1 obs< ure menace is
killing 30. _ I no longer a free country—a wave of
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NEW CHARGE
Report Ethiopian Attack and Slaying ol Thirty
Ofilcial dLspatches said the Hal-
have saved their lives If they had out hearing on extradition for which where highways come into tlie stale ^»4 been stationed in the FRANC E, Page 11, Col. 7
known yesterday what was the mat- he liad a.sked taut Beauregard au-ter with them. thoritles ruled that a formality set
Newman w». a tar basketball before Citv Judge Allen R I,eCompe player on the Kangaroo frc.shman of De Ridder thU morning must squad last .season, and wa.*« a can- proceed
didate for an end position on the Judge LeCompte received requl-
hition pa tier.s
The 86 men who went on duty at of DaticaU to protect na-
the port,s were charged with the en- dwelling in the area
See MME. LEBURN, Page 11. toi. 5 See STUDENTE, Page 11, t oi. 5
As Death-Dealing Flood Swept Down The Hill In Colorado Springs
One of the moai graphic and unusual flood pictures ever made i« this one, snapped bv a news photographer ax hr wax trapped In hix auto on a hillside in Colorado ¡springs, t’olo., by a sudden surge of flood water which a few minutes before had been nothing more than a tnckle. In the circle, t het Graham is aiu,isting Mrs. Lydia Kennedy and Mrs. Ella V. t lark to the top of their auto while the children follow. A timber from a wrecked home was swept against the auto by the onruahing water and washed the party away, the two women losing their lives. Note in this picture that the water has not yet reached the foot trf the hill.
from Sheriff W P ' Brown of Orange aa the hearing opened in the police jury room of the courthouse and handed them to ^ Eskridge
Apjiearmg wltliout coun.seJ the
forcement of motor vehicle laws, the prevention of shipment of "hot" oil or gasoline into tiie state, and damming the How of liquor into the eommonweallh, cuept beverages in tran-sit acros.s Oklahoma.
Mother of Nine
Held In Slaying
PATMAN A DEI.EtiAlE
DALLAS, June 4 — —Congress-
, . . man Wright Patman of Texarkana,
pastor, a funner law student, c.xam- ^ ■ hnnus lost
th«. nsttcrs hricfiv Hfx nniv clutmpion of the .soidien. bonus, la-st
night WH' elci tcd as a delegate of the buddies chapter of the dksabled American veterans of the World ed
ined the p*iiers briefly His only coiniiu-ut \*.rt that the weie
“in order He returned them to the judge and surrendered to the Texas officer'
Sheriff Brown wa.s accompanied by three deputie.N, W L Adams. L G Stanfield, uid J F Withers The p« .tor war handcuffed ano placed bet veMi two deputies in the rear seat of ’ w of fleers’ car The
See ESKRIIX.L, Page II. Col. 7
Crossin»« Crash
at Bryan Fatal
BRYAN 4-.A*)~Orl*ndn
May 11, w killed last night when Southern P f’c passenger train Ic th which she wa; rhe city UmlL. l;* r brother George. TWO hlsters were anotlier brother
The Ethiopians wer»' .said to have stolen several tluausand head of cattle before withdrawing from the
The olficlal .statement also charg- CENTER. June 4—uPi—Mrs. LUlle ed that 30 armed Ethiopians were Mae Curtis. 36. motiier of nine repulfted with undetermined losses children was placed in jail here this after an attempt to Invade the Ital- morning by Sheriff J. B Sample, Ian military zone near Oublel. in on a charge of killing her husband. Italian Somaliland. The Italian Robert Curtk. 41. at their home In force.'» were ^aid to liave huffered the Haley s Store community, twelve no casualties, although tlie raider* miles south of Center, last night, fired on Them after being challeng- Curtis, the slieriff said, was shot
war to the naUoual convention to be Ix'ld In July at New Heven. Conn
Oflltlal circles said the incident;,
hit an autc
I i(iui| aonli ’ ]^h le;, wc;:
I Iivhlly in -ped *.nj t
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HOME. J-.n 4 4*. - Benito Mu.s-
.oltnl. It . f 'x shJrted premier, ill; a b.H. ' To sympathetic inquire! h D ' • explained todav iiu di .fir-uen.-nt -sa.s tlie result of iaung kiux h- frum his horse by a lov,-hangiii. br.ii'.ch wliUe taking hk dell;. .. ■.'•f ’ »'•'terday.
He *l;o 'lur fu' band slightly.
BO I |x DROWNED
HALE ( F F-R June 4.- 4**
.11 12-V car-old son J»m Henderson, when he stepped tempting u, wade recent ram*.
Warning To New Deal Is Sounded at Annual Convention
Aubte- Hfi' of Mr ai: drowned In a hoi. ‘Al lake Í1II1 . t!
ATLAN'l’IC; CM Y, N J June 4 <4*> - Tiie adiiiinii tration was warned today that the nation's utility in-I terests would fight to the flnUh what wa.s called a "devastating and destructive attack' from the New Di*al-
The warning came from Thoina McCarter, p;c.'iident of the Edi.son Electrit In.siuute, in a speech to more tlian 1,200 members of the in-stute here fm their annual conven-! *ion ifir hearers Included virtually all the utilUv leaders of the country
! ‘Since the present natkusal *d-mlnl.slration was Inducted into ot* lice, there has been launched bv il . againsf thi’. mdtc try the nn.M, dc-i va.stating and destructive attarx
1 hoe L IlLllieB. Page 11. Col. I
Burdened Waters Move To The Southeast Across Kansas
.JUNCTION CITY. Ka . June 4-Llke tciitacles of a struggling (X 'iipus. water burdened stream* of Kansas. Nebraska and Missouri I.ih.ed into new lowland area* toil:, to continue their widespread (d miction,
Af. the meandering Republican t. < r returned to It.'^ banks along it jfiO-mile couise in Nebra,ska. the ) :• Uon of the North and South piatte rivers was viewed a* a possible danger point in the western part of that state In northei'n Kjrnsas. the Repub-hca.'i river was receding, but the Knw was forcing fainllle* to flee as Us miivldy waters rolled eastward Tiic Missouri river—the big muddv (O’ Pi ed thousands of acie.v ol
through the head while he slept. A pistol was used An exammlni trial for Mrs. Curtis was scheduled far this afternoon. She made no statement
t ROWN “QUEEN .NOINO” FARMERSVILLE. June 4 —opi— An addres.-» by Gov, James V. Allred and the coronation of Miss Mary Rugel of FarmersvUlc as "Queen Noino" were on the program today a.s the climax to the first North Tcxus Onion fVstival.
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